Faizabad (UP): The Faizabad police have worked
out the murder case of a journalist Rajendra Prakash Varma,
who was brutally killed here last week, by arresting three
youths, a senior police officer said Sunday.

Three youths in their 20s, who were neighbours of Varma,
were arrested last night and valuables recovered from them,
Senior Superintendent of Police R K S Rathore said.

The youths had on May 14 last overpowered the scribe on
his way to home, looted his valuables and later killed him
when he refused to reveal his ATM card code.

The accused were nabbed with the help of electronic
surveillance and local informers, the SSP said.

Cash, jewellery, ATM card and mobile phone looted from
Varma, who worked as freelance Hindi journalist, have been
recovered, he added.